DragonLinux: Frequently Asked Questions

Why DragonLinux?

Ever wanted to try Linux? Heard installation was difficult? Don't want to commit a lot of space to Linux? If so, DragonLinux is the answer. DragonLinux makes Linux easy to try. Installaltion is very easy. Fully installed it takes up just 25MB. Afraid it will be hard to uninstall? Just delete the directory. It's that easy.

What's included?

DragonLinux is a complete Internet ready Linux operating system. Included are tools for netowrking with LANs, SLIP, and PPP. More information on which packages are included will be avaliable soon.

What is UMSDOS?

DragonLinux is UMSDOS based. UMSDOS is a full-featured UNIX-like file system for Linux. UMSDOS is a way for Linux to co-exist with DOS/Win95 on the same partition. It actually stands for Unix in MS-DOS. With UMSDOS, installation of a functional version of Linux is very easy. More information can be obtained from the UMSDOS-HOWTO from ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs.

What about a Graphical User Interface(GUI)?

A GUI is not included with DragonLinux. It is possibile to install XFree86 (the GUI for Linux, often referred to as X11, X Windows, or just X) on DragonLinux. There will be a step-by-step guide to installing XFree86 on DragonLinux soon.

What is this login deal?

In a Linux system, you need to login as a user, since it is a multi-user operaating system. First you will want to login as root. To do so, enter root as the username. By default, there is no password for root. Be sure to change it if you want to have a secure system. (using the passwd command)
There is also a default user I created for you. The user name is user. There is not password by default for user, however, even through the user has no special privilges, I would reccomend a password for that account as well.

Where is ____ on this site?

Visit the site map. Brief descriptions of each area of the site are given.

Can ____ be included in DragonLinux?

In ther interests of keeping DragonLinux small, including everything is not possibile. However, any comments or suggestions as to packages to be included will be considered. Most software written for Linux may be installed on DragonLinux.

What happened to IronWing and FireMyst?

Those that have used DragonLinux before, know that it was two seprate products: Ironwing and FireMyst. The original archives are still avaliable. DragonLinux 0.6 is actually the last release of IronWing. FireMyst will no longer be updated or maintained. Future releases will be based on IronWing and be known as DragonLinux.